Morrision-Chartwells Dietetic Internship
Rotations:
School Nutrition Management
Chicago Public Schools, Chicago,IL
- Developed nutrition lessons for elementary, middle,and high school students
- Planned and conducted a nutrition promotion for students
- Planned and executed a new recipe and menu items that meet USDA regulations
- Planned one week modification menu
- Conduced a cafeteria based research project
- Planned and organized a week long cafeteria nutrition education event
Public Health Center, Centralia, IL
- Conducted nutrition screenings and assessment
- Provided nutrition services to pregnant, lactating and postpartum women
- Developed and presented a nutrition class for a group of members in the community
Clinical Nutrition -Inpatient and Outpatient
Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, IL
Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, IL
- Assess and educate patients with varying medical conditions
- Developed and presented case studies with a comprehensive literature review
- Rotations included:
- General Medicine
- Endocrine
- Cardiology
- GI and GI surgery
- Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Transplant -heart, kidney, liver, pancreas
- Medical, Cardic, Neuro Intensive Care
- Oncology
- Nutrition Support
- Outpatient PAC clinic for pregnancy
- Outpatient ALS clinic
- Patient services
Long Term Care
Westminster Place, Evanston, IL
Westminster Place, Evanston, IL
- Assessed and educated residents of eldery population with diagnoses that include pressure ulcers, dysphagia, and unintended weight loss
- Completed nutrition risk assessments, develop nutrition care plans, and follow up on interventions to ensure implementation and positive results
- Became familiarized with the various regulatory agencies providing oversite, the different levels of care, and the policies and procedures regulating nutrtion services
